'Wounded will bleed in hospital waiting room for seven hours'
Even ambulances are being stopped at checkpoints by RSF soldiers. The military halted the ambulance we were traveling in while I was inside with some patients and demanded that I out.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
Omer Kamal Mahgoub, a physician who practices in a Khartoum suburb. He claims that the city's healthcare system is dysfunctional.
"In Khartoum, most hospitals are not operating. Some hospitals have emergency rooms, but waiting times to see a doctor might be very long. You must wait seven hours to be seen if you arrive with a gunshot wound. You will bleed for seven hours in the waiting area.
"Getting to the hospital is the biggest issue for many because of a scarcity of gasoline.
Cancer patients who are unable to obtain cancer medications from their regular hospitals.
Omer is a primary care physician who practices in a "relatively safe" suburb.
"This week at my clinic, I encountered a youngster whose father works as a day laborer and who hadn't eaten in two days. Since he is paid daily and was unable to work because of the conflict, there was no food. The young man was seriously dehydrated.
"Patients with cancer are waiting. People are turning to me for cancer medications since they are unable to obtain them through their regular hospitals.
I was terrified that if I revealed that I was a doctor when they inquired what I was doing, they would take me and force me to treat their fighters.
"As for myself, I don't intend to leave Khartoum. We're all staying here—my family and I. We recently purchased a home here. This is where we live.
